Comments on: Thursday 05/24/07

By: Donald Kors

Donald Kors — Tue, 29 May 2007 22:14:21 +0000

I’m glad I had the chance to listen to linda speak. I had no idea how easy it was to get a patten or trademark on something and how little the price was to have it done.

By: Shervin Zahedi

Shervin Zahedi — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:08:20 +0000

I thought Linda’s words were applicable to any line of work. It is enchanting to hear that as a lawyer she is moral/ethical and remains undefeated in the courtroom. Now I can justify to others that a conscionable individual can advance in the cutthroat world of business. Business ethics is NOT a oxymoron.

By: Justin Trott

Justin Trott — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:54:17 +0000

I liked her breakdown of the differences between ethics, morals and law, it was interesting. Also, hearing the take on an actual lawyer on the RIAA and MPAA and filesharing was interesting as well. What I took away from the presentation was that there are really a lot of shades pertaining to ethics in our society, and that morality and ethics do not necessarily correlate.

By: Natalie Dietz

Natalie Dietz — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:41:36 +0000

The #1 concept I took away from Lindaâ€™s presentation was how ethics have a higher standard than law and morals. I thought it was interesting the way she presented the differences.

By: Nwokedi Idika

Nwokedi Idika — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:47:56 +0000

Life and Law isn’t Fair

By: Daniel Parrish aka DP

Daniel Parrish aka DP — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:03:33 +0000

what I found most useful was her telling us the difference
between copyright, patent, and trademark. I had wondered
for a while, but i just never took the time to look it up.

By: John Finch

John Finch — Thu, 24 May 2007 21:06:20 +0000

I agree with Lars when it comes to the laser-cat-exercise. Pure genius. On another note, I thought that it was interesting when she was describing how to make sure that you get everything in writing mainly when dealing with contracts. The reason I found this so interesting was because we have already heard from Tim Oâ€™Malley that this is necessary so obviously it has real world significance.

By: Lars Moen

Lars Moen — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:59:38 +0000

I also think the laser-cat-exercise method is revolutionary. 10 times better than the alternatives? I’d like to think so.

By: Lars Moen

Lars Moen — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:56:16 +0000

I really appreciated her insight on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. I think that anyone who starts a successfull business will most likely have to deal with the legal issues of these three things. I also didn’t know that trademarks are free, and there is only a small processing fee.

By: John Mullen

John Mullen — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:26:32 +0000

The main thing I learned is that it is unlikely the RIAA will try to sue you if you only download music. Their main focus is to catch the uploaders, so the downloaders have no source to download from. Not that any of this applies to me…